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開く あく N5

  1. to open (e.g. doors)
  2. to open (e.g. business, etc.)
  3. to be empty
  4. to be available; to be free; to be vacant
  5. to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.)
  6. to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
  7. to come to an end
  8. to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
  9. to form a gap; to have a hole; to have an interval (between events)

開く ひらく N4

  1. to open; to undo; to unpack; to unseal
  2. to bloom; to spread out; to unfold
  3. to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
  4. to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
  5. to give; to hold (meeting, party, etc.); to open
  6. to establish; to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to start
  7. to open (ports, borders, etc.)
  8. to open (an account)
  9. to clear; to develop; to open up (new land, path, etc.)
  10. to open (a file, etc.)
  11. to extract (root); to reduce (equation)
  12. to cut open (fish)
  13. to change (kanji into hiragana)
  14. to flare (e.g. skirt)
  15. to slacken (into a poor posture)
  16. to extend

見開く みひらく

  1. to open (one's eyes) wide

言い開く いいひらく

  1. to explain; to justify; to vindicate

切り開く きりひらく

  1. to cut open
  2. to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to cut one's way through (e.g. a jungle); to open
  3. to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

穴が開く あながあく

  1. to be pierced (with a hole); to have a hole

糸口を開く いとぐちをひらく

  1. to find a clue; to make a beginning

道を開く みちをひらく

  1. to clear a path; to open up a path
  2. to open up doors; to pave the way

戦端を開く せんたんをひらく

  1. to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)

店を開く みせをひらく

  1. to open a business
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